You Can Still Walk This: Physically Walking: Spiritually Growing!

By Wytrice Harris

Have you ever read the Bible, gotten excited and then struggled to walk consistently in what you read?

Have you ever made a commitment to health, started a walking plan and then struggled to be consistent with the plan?

These things may seem unrelated however, just as Jesus used every day experiences to describe spiritual concepts in parables, so does this author connect her personal health journey to the Christian’s spiritual walk.

Pastor Wytrice takes her passion for sharing testimonies to inspire others from the pulpit and pours it into a very practical book. Her ability to analyze her own journey and apply the lessons to the believer’s spiritual walk is impeccable.

Whether you are new to Christianity or a seasoned believer, you will walk away from every chapter with the tools and motivation to continue in a healthy lifestyle: physically and spiritually. Get ready to improve your physical health while simultaneously deepening your spiritual walk and don’t worry if it gets hard along the way because…YOU CAN STILL WALK THIS.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Apr 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781664246744

Wytrice Harris

Pastor Wytrice Harris accepted the Lord as her personal savior in April of 1993 at the age of 22, though she had been serving in the church since she was very young. Her salvation came with an exuberant love for the Word of God and thus she was soon filled with the Spirit and delivered from years of bondage. Her gifts of teaching, prophecy and discernment began to thrive and she ministered these gifts as opportunities permitted. In 1995, after accepting her call to the ministry, she joined her husband in his God-given vision to begin Total Life Christian Ministries (TLC) in their home with eight people. Wytrice began to serve in the role of Pastor and was officially ordained as such in 1998. Her strength and determination enable her to maintain an insurmountable level of integrity and inner- beauty that gives her the caring attitude to love people as well as projects. Pastor Wytrice often shares candidly and honestly the painful testimonies in her life in order to help others overcome the enemy in theirs. She has a deep love and ministry for the women of God in the body of Christ and believes that her life is a testimony of what God can do if you submit to His will and believe that nothing (and no-one) is too hard for Him. Pastor Wytrice is from Fayette, Al but was raised and currently resides in Detroit, MI. She is married to Bishop Daryl Harris and together they have two biological children, Amari and Imani (twins born in 2000) and have been surrogates to many others including Bishop’s nephews, Willie and Dyshaun Harris. Pastor Wytrice holds a B.A. in psychology, a B.S. and M.A. in pure mathematics, and a M.Ed in Instructional Technology. Her life’s motto is “never be hindered by something you have the power to change”.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

Lesson 1 Walking Burns Fat

Lesson 2 Intake Is Important

Lesson 3 Distance Matters

Lesson 4 Commitment Is Necessary

Lesson 5 Stretching Is Essential

Lesson 6 The Body Will Adapt

Lesson 7 Breathing Is Everything

Lesson 8 Expect to Sweat

Lesson 9 Injuries Will Occur

Lesson 10 Get It, Together

Bibliography

About the Author

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Love each other in a way that makes you feel close like brothers and sisters.

And give each other more honor than you give yourself.

—Romans 12:10 (ERV)

There are so many who have supported me in this journey, a journey that started way before I actually typed my first words. I would be remiss if I didn’t take time to honor those who honored and supported me along the way.

To God the Father, Son, Holy Spirit for every word whispered in my heart while patiently waiting for me to wake up to the before ordained (Ephesians 2:10 KJV).

To my mother, Wynee Robinson, and my late father, George Nalls, for teaching me about the love of Jesus in word and in deed. Thank you, Mom, for every prayer sown in tears. My prayer is that you have reaped as much joy as I have because of them.

To my husband, Apostle Daryl Harris, for your pure, honest, and practical walk with the Lord that led me to search over thirty years ago for the God who speaks. I thank you for your unwavering love and support for me during some of the roughest periods of my life. Your amazing love and empathy for people have taught me more than you will ever know. You and me against the world forever, baby.

To my late mother-in-law, Dorothy Harris, for teaching me the importance of a relationship with God by modeling prayer and Bible study every day until her transition.

To my children, Imani and Amari, and my godson, Mason, for supporting me so much during this journey. Thanks for all the sacrifices of time you made to make sure my goals were met. Special thanks to you, Imani, for editing a chapter a week for me during your junior year of college amid a global pandemic! Words cannot express how thankful I am to all of you for your support.

To my church, Total Life Christian Ministries (TLC), your love and support definitely catapulted what I thought was meant to just be a Bible class to a fulfillment of prophecy. Thanks to each individual member. You all mean more to me than you know.

To my friends, you all are true friends and don’t need—or want—to be named individually. You know who you are, and each of you encourage me in different ways that helped me arrive at this point in my destiny. Thank you for believing in me even when I didn’t believe in myself.

To the late Gregory Dinello, Greg, man how I wish you were alive to see this. I can’t even remember how many times you told Apostle and I to write a book. I regret that it took me so long to get to this point. Thanks for every word of encouragement you spoke while alive and for the memories that still live beyond your death. TLC misses you, and so do I!

FOREWORD

There are moments in our lives when we may wonder how God can balance the experiences we have in the natural to those in the Spirit. We cannot fully comprehend how God’s divine plan will intersect the natural and the spiritual to move us into a place of being one with God. Whether the situations we face are the best of times or the worst of times, we know with God as our Father, it will come out good every time (Romans 8:28). We must remind ourselves that God will not only use those moments, but He will use individuals to propel us into facing and overcoming difficult challenges.

We often see and meet people who will impact our lives through the lens of a television screen, in a business meeting, or speaking from a major platform. We seldom pay attention to those simply living their lives as beacons of light and hope without receiving any acknowledgment or rounds of applause from the masses. As a ministry leader, I have been blessed to be in the presence of both types of individuals, and Pastor Wytrice Harris is one of those individuals. For nearly twenty years, under the leadership of both Apostle Daryl and Pastor Wytrice Harris, I have witnessed the hand of God in their lives. Through countless conversations from a natural and spiritual